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Show AUSTRIANS CLAIM RUSSIAN ADVANCE HAS BEEN HALTED RERLTK, July 30, by wireless to Sayville. Say-ville. Russian troops In their attacks against Austro-Hungarian forces south -of the .Dniester river, in Galicia, were brought to a halt on July 28 before the second Teutonic line east of Tlumach, according to the A ustrlan official statement state-ment issued July 23. At other points in Galicia all Russian attacks were repulsed, while in the region west of Lutsk, in Volhynia, it is asserted, the Germans and A ustro-IIungarians regained a considerable con-siderable part of the ground which was captured by the Russians on Friday. The text of the Austrian official statement state-ment follows: Russian theater: The enemy yesterday yes-terday resumed his attacks on an extended ex-tended front. South of the Dniester river the Russian wave was stopped before our second line to the east of Tlumach. Northeast and southeast of Monas-terzyaka Monas-terzyaka enemy attacking columns advanced both day and night against the positions of . the Austro-Hun-garians and Germans. They wertf everywhere repulsed. The foreground w;is covered with dead and severely wounded Russians. All attempts made by the enemy to break through our lines near Zvinitcze were futile. , To the west of Lutsk the Germans Ger-mans and A ustro-Hungai tans regained-a considerable part of the terrain ter-rain given up yesterday. Uf tween Turyis and the Rovno- . Kovel railway, after the repulse of several enemy attacks, the defenders still standing beyond the Stokhod were withdrawn behind the river. A Russian attempt to advance In massed formation northwest of Sokul this morning (Saturday) failed. The enemy losscts were great. Italian war theater: tvouthwest of Panevegcio a ui t? h t attack was repulsed re-pulsed by us. Southeastern war theater: On the lower Voyusa there was increased fighting activity. , |